ON SWINE. 93 



28th March, 1831, 19th May, 1831, 



No. 1 weighed 97 lbs. 165, gain in 52 days, 68 lbs. 



2, do. 134 182, do. 48 



3, do. 100 186, do. 86 

 The two following, raised on the farm, and fed as above — 



25th April, 1831, 19th May, 1831, 



No. 4 weighed 151 lbs. 206, gain in 24 days, 55 lbs. 



5 do. 140 165 do. do. 26 



EXPERIMENT V. 



In this case it was not intended to force their thrift, but to 

 keep the swine in an improving condition. They were shoats of 

 the last autumn, and were of a good breed. 



Tuesday, 3d April, 1833. Put up four shoats, and began 

 feeding them with Indian hasty pudding. 



3d April, 22d April, 25th June, 



No. 1, 176 lbs. 202 lbs. gain 25 264 lbs. gain 62 



2, 119 153 " 34 226 " 73 



3, 150 170 " 20 218 " 48 



[Total, 183 pounds. 



4, 121 145 " 24 Killed 20th May. 

 From 3d April to 22d April, the above swine consumed seven 



bushels and one peck of Indian meal. From 22d April to 25th 

 June seven bushels of Indian meal, cooked as above. 



One of thejabove. No. 4, was killed on 30th May ; being ab- 

 sent, the live weight was not ascertained. 



On the 25th June, the three remaining hogs were weighed, 

 and in the 63 days kom 22d April to 25th June, they had 

 gained in that time 183 lbs. as above. 



After 30th May, when one of them was killed, one peck of 

 meal made into hasty pudding with a small allowance of the waste 

 of the kitchen for a part of that time, lasted them three days, 

 that is If or less than a quart, say | of a quart per day to each. 



03== At first we employed half a bushel of Indian meal to make 

 a kettle of hasty pudding ; but we soon found that a peck of meal 

 by being boiled sufficiently would make the same kettle nearly 

 Cull of hasty pudding and of sufficient consistency. The kettle 



